This toaster is small and compact. It toasted my bagel perfect. It does emit an oder with the first usage but it goes away quickly.  It is a very basic toaster, with the control knob for light to dark a simple dial and the only other contol is a button for "bagel" and one for "cancel". The crumb tray was hard to get it to stay closed as the lip for the catch is so tiny, which could really get messy after a few uses if it unlatches. The cord, for me, is too short, as i use my toaster on the counter and I had to move it back and close to the edge in order to plug it in. Would not be my favorite toaster.